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This page contains information and links towards approximately150 Web sites having a connection with the history of geological sciences.These links are listed by topic. You can also consult the information thatthey contain by using the search engine on the left. Search     Web sites belowtheWeb

OtherWebservers for the history of geological sciences Nationaland international Committees Historyof geoscience sources on the Web Webresources Libraries Bibliographicaldata bases on the Web Periodicalsfor the history of sciences or geosciences Rareand out of print geoscience books Societies ResearchCentres PersonnalWeb Pages Museumsof natural history, geology and science history Geologicalreserves and stratotypes Mininghistory Forumsand newsgroups

Other Webservers for the history of geological sciences Committeeon the History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Soil Science (InternationalSociety of Soil Science) GeoClio:Webserver for the History of Geology and the Geosciences "The Historyof Cartography" "Historyof Crystallography" INHIGEO:International Union of Geological Sciences; Commission on the History ofGeological Sciences Webring on mining history

National and international Committees International Committees   INHIGEO:International Union of Geological Sciences; Commission on the History ofGeological Sciences Committeeon the History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Soil Science (InternationalSociety of Soil Science); Council on the History, Philosophy, and Sociologyof Soil Science (Soil Science Society of America); Newsletter Europe   Albanian Union of Geologists for the Geological Science Heritage Berlin-Brandenburgische Geologie-Historiker 'Leopold von Buch': Germansociety for the history of geology, created in may, 1998, and publishingthe journal "Geohistorische Blätter"; contact : PeterKrüger, Bahnhofstrasse 27, D-13127 Berlin and Prof. MartinGuntau, Thomas-Müntzer-Platz 30, D-18057 Rostock, Germany Comité français d'Histoire de la Géologie (COFRHIGEO;this site) Historical Section of the Hungarian Geological Society History ofGeology Group of the [British] Geological Society Sociedad Española para la Defensa del Patrimonio Geologico y Minero SociedadGeológica de España; Comisión de Historia de la Geología Society forthe History of Natural History U.S.A.   American Geophysical Union; Geosciences Memory Online:TheGeophysics History Project American Geophysical Union;Historyof Geophysics Committee (Geoclio page) GeoClio (USHIGEO):Webserver for the History of Geology and the Geosciences Geological Society of America;Historyof Geology Division (Geoclio page) [American] Historyof Science Society Other countries Committee on History of Geology, Geological Society of China GeologicalSociety of Australia; Earth Science History Group Geological Societyof New Zealand; Historical Studies Group Grupo deHistória e Teoria da Ciência; Sociedade Brasileira de Históriada Ciência (Brasil) Japanese Association for the History of Geological Science (JAHIGEO) Sociedad Venezolana de Historia de lasGeociencias, Apartado 47334, Caracas 1041A, Venezuela

Sources of the history of geoscience on the Web "200ans de Cristallographie en France"  and "autrescristallographes (ou minéralogistes)", by Alain Soyer "L'Echellestratigraphique": short history of stratigraphy, by M. Gidon "The Euromin project":European project on the history of mineralogy and museums of mineralogy,with numerous pagesdevoted to the history of mineralogy "Géologuesde la Provence (1845-1945)", by E. Colomb "GeorgiusAgricola (1494-1555)", by Paolo Macini "JoachimBarrande (1799-1883)" "Historyof Applied Geology" "The Historyof Cartography" "Historyof Crystallography" "Historyof Geology at Union College" (NY, USA) "Map History- History of cartography" "The Museum of Paleontology,Berkeley, California", with a few pages on the history of palaeontology "No stoneunturned: The First 150 years of the Geological Survey of Canada" "Petitevulgarisation de géologie abordée sous l'aspect historique",by Michel Testaz "PiltdownMan", by Richard Hartner "Scienceset Paysages", by Bernard Langellier, with many pages on the historyof geology, particularly in France and Normandy "Science,Technology and Society", with some information on the history of atmosphericsciences "StrangeScience; the rocky road to modern paleontology and biology": A shorthistory of palaeontologie "Worldwide Museumof Natural Geology", with a page "history of geology"

Web resources Web resources for the history of geosciences   "Bookmarksfor Matthew Edney", with links for sites related to the history ofcartography, geography and geology "Epistemology& History of Geography" "Historicaldocumentation in science and technology" (mainly Earth sciences andmeteorology) "Oddens's Bookmarks; thefascinating World of Maps and Mapping; Universiteit Utrecht" "Rafal's Geo MiningWeb Search Engines & Directories" "WWWVirtual Library for the History of Science, Geology and Mining" Web resources for the history of sciences "L'Archede l'histoire des sciences, des technologies, de la médecine",Canada "BIU ScientifiqueJussieu; Ressources Internet": Web resources for science history "Historyof modern science", with numerous links to other Web sites "Historyof science" (Bonn, Germany), with numerous links "History ofscience on the World Wide Web" "Historyof science links", by  R. Hatch "History ofsciences resources", by H. Blackmer "Internetsources for the History and Philosophy of Science, Technology and Medicine",Florence, Italy "The Karl Popper Web" "Sélectionde sites", "Forum des Sciences de Lille" "Societiesdevoted to history of sciences" "WWWVirtual Library for the History of Science, Technology & Medicine" "WWW Virtual LibraryMuseums pages" "WWW Virtual Guideto the History of Russian and Soviet Science and Technology" Yahoo(search engine): "histoire des sciences" Web resources for the geosciences   "Bibliothecade Geología; la geología en Internet" "BIU ScientifiqueJussieu; Ressources Internet": resources for Earth sciences and cartography "ETHBibliothek [Zürich]; Earth Sciences; Links to the Whole World" "Geoguide",Goettingen "GEOPAL-Links",München "GEOSOURCE",web resources for human geography, physical geography, geoscience and environmentalscience "GuideWEB" of MSN France: "pages des Sciences de la Terre" "Linksfor Mineralogists; Annotated links to internet resources, especially formineralogists, petrologists, crystallographers, geologists" "Links toGreat Earth-Sciences Resources", Genève "Pointeursen Sciences de la Terre sur Internet" (links for Geosciences on theWeb) SAPRISTI:"Sentiers d'Accès et Pistes de Recherches Scientifiques et Techniquessur l'Internet", INSA, Lyon Yahoo(search engine): "Sciences et technologie"

Libraries In France librariesand publishers Cataloguesbibliographiques collectifs du CNRS, with the Cataloguecollectif d'Histoire des Sciences et des Techniques. This site containsa list of French libraries specialised in the history of sciences, withtheir catalogues on line Médiathèqued'Histoire des Sciences de La Villette,Paris Muséumd'Histoire Naturelle de Paris; Bibliothèques Library"Sciences et Sociétés" of Jussieu, Paris Library"Sciences de la Terre" of Jussieu, Paris Archivecentres, mostly in France and Canada Institutde l'Information Scientifique et Technique (INIST-CNRS) Bibliothèque Nationale deFrance, Paris (with online catalogues) "Ala Table de d'Orbigny", Capvern: literary and scientific restaurant,with a collection of 3800 books (XVIII and XIXth centuries); menus from60 FF In the World Libraries fromthe World The British Library, London(with online catalogues) Servicesd'archives francophones

Online Bibliographies "Bibliografiaitaliana di Storia della Scienza" "Cataloguecollectif d'Histoire des Sciences et des Techniques". This site containsa list of French libraries specialised in the history of sciences, withtheir catalogues on line "CumulativeBibliography on the History of Oceanography" "Earth Visions"(a research tool for 17th & 18th century Theories of the Earth) "Eureka; Historyand Science and Technology database" (very expensive) "Internetsources for the History and Philosophy of Science, Technology and Medicine",Firenze,Italy "Lusodat:Bases de dados sobre hist'ória de ciência, da medicina etda técnica em Portugal e Brasil, do Renascimento até 1900" SIGHIS:data base "histoire des sciences et techniques" of the French CNRS WebSpirs(SilverPlatter databases: Georef...)

Periodicals for the history of sciences and geosciences History of geosciences   "Earth Sciences History, Journal of the History or the Earth SciencesSociety" half-yearly periodical (Editor:M.T. Greene, Univ. of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington 98416, USA) "Boletín de Historia de las Geociencias en Venezuela", four-monthly,published since 1984 by the Sociedad Venezolana de Historia de las Geociencias(Apartado 47.334, Caracas 1041-A, Venezuela; e-mail: furbani@sagi.ucv.edu.ve) Tables of the "Boletínde Historia de las Geociencias en Venezuela" "Geohistorische Blätter", German half-yearly periodical devotedto the history of geology, published since 1998. Contact: PeterKrüger Bahnhofstrasse 27, D-13127 Berlin, Germany "International Commission on the History of Geological Sciences (INHIGEO);Newsletter". This yearly periodical has provided information on thehistory of geosciences (meetings, books, activities of the internationaland national committees) since 1967. Past issues may be purchased in microform.Address requests to : Universität Rostock; Universitätsbibliothek;Tauschestelle, Universitätplatz 4; D-18051 Rostock; Deutschland. "Travaux du Comité français d'Histoire de la Géologie",yearly. See page "Publications"and the Tables. History of sciences   "Isis":Journal of the "History of Science Society" "Revued'Histoire des Sciences" "Histoire et Nature" (1968-1993) "BritishJournal for the History of Sciences" "Imago Mundi,the international Journal for the history of cartography" "CartographicaHelvetica, Journal for the history of cartography" "Annals of Science" "Revistada Sociedade Brasileira de História da Ciência"; Revistasbrasileiras sobre história das Ciências "InternationaleZeitschrift für Geschichte und Ethik der Naturwissenschaften, Technikund Medizin; International Journal of History and Ethics of Natural Sciences,Technology and Medicine" "Sciencein Context" Journals,from "The British Society for the History of Science"

Rare and out of print geoscience books Edilib:French librarians and publishers. EOS Buchantiquariat Benz,with Earth sciences and natural history catalogues. "France Antiques":"the French web for amateurs of antique books", with a list of librariansand online catalogues. Galaxidion "Geoscience Book",Montana, USA "Huguesde Latude", antique books on natural history. "Librairiedes Carrés", Versailles, antique books on natural history. "Livre-Rare-Book",Lyon "MS Book &Mineral Company", Lyon The outdoor bookstore Ed Rogers Rare & Outof Print Geoscience Books

Societies Sociétégéologique de France Sociétéfrançaise de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie Académiedes Sciences de Paris Sociétéfrançaise de l'Histoire des Sciences et des Techniques Sociétéfrançaise d'Histoire des Sciences humaines "patrimoinegéologique national [français], mémoire de la géodiversité",with a listof French geological associations The GeologicalSociety of America Commission géologiquedu Canada [American] Historyof Sciences Society BritishSociety for the History of Science "Division of Historyof Science of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science" "Societiesdevoted to history of sciences"

Research centres Bureau de Recherches géologiqueset minières (Orléans) CentreAlexandre-Koyré d'Histoire des sciences et des techniques (Paris) Centreinterdisciplinaire d'Etudes de l'Evolution des Idées, des Scienceset des Techniques (CIEEIST, Univ. Paris XI, Orsay) Centro di studiosulla Storia della Technica (Italy) Ecole des Hautes Etudes en SciencesSociales (EHESS) Equipede Recherches épistémologiques et historiques sur les Sciencesexactes et sur les Institutions scientifiques (REHE-SEIS), UniversitéParis 7 - CNRS Université de Genève,"Historyand philosophy of science" UniversitéParis 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, équipe d'histoire des mines etde la métallurgie; Centrede documentation sur l'histoire des mines et de la métallurgie dansla France médiévale

Personnal Web Pages Kai-HenrikBarth (USA) Miklos Kazmer(Hungary) BernardLangellier (France) Léo Laporte(USA) Kerry Magruder(USA) DavidOldroyd (Australia) Ezio Vaccari(Italy)

Museums (of natural history, geology and history of sciences) "WWW Virtual LibraryMuseums pages": the museums in the world "Office de Coopérationet d'Information Muséographiques", with a list of scientificmuseums in France "Muséumsde France" CNAM: catalogueof 691 scientific and technical museums and sites in France "patrimoinegéologique national [français], mémoire de la géodiversité",with a listof French geological Museums Naturalhistory museums in Languedoc "Cité des scienceset de l'industrie", Paris "Musée national des techniques",CNAM, Paris "Muséum national d'histoirenaturelle", Paris "Muséede minéralogie de l'Ecole des Mines de Paris" "Palais de la découvertede Paris" "Forumdes Sciences de Lille" "Muséesdes sciences de Lausanne; musée cantonal de géologie" "Vulcania": about theAuvergne volcanoes MuséeBuffon at Montbard, Côte d'Or, France Deutches Museum,München, Germany Museo di storia dellascienza, Firenze, Italy Museum of the History ofSciences, Oxford, U.K. The Science Museum,London

Geological reserves and stratotypes (France and neighbouring countries) "Lepatrimoine géologique" in France "patrimoinegéologique national [français], mémoire de la géodiversité",with a list of Frenchstratotypes TheMalvern International Task Force for Earth Heritage Conservation Réservesnaturelles géologiques en France "FrenchNatural Geological Reserves" "Inventairedespaysages géologiques de la France", with a listof stratotypes "Réservenaturelle géologique de Saucats - La Brède": Burdigalianand Aquitanian stratotypes Muséegéologique de Barrême: Barremian stratotype Réservegéologique de Thouars: Toarcian stratotype Réservegéologique d'Hettange-Grande: Hettangian stratotype "GeologicalReserve of Haute Provence" TheFrasnian in the Frasne area, Belgium "Aprovisional world list of geosites for palaeozoic palaeobotany"

Mining history In France CNAM: catalogueof 691 scientific and technical museums and sites in France "Letourisme souterrain en France" Centre HistoriqueMinier de Lewarde (Pas-de-Calais): Webserver on coal mining historyin northern France. Guidedes musées de la mine du Nord-Pas-de-Calais Histoire des mineset des mineurs du bassin de Saint-Etienne Histoiredes mines d'argent de la région de Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines (Vosges) "Les mines d'argentdes rois francs" (Melle, Deux-Sèvres) L'histoireminière de l'Oisans (Isère) Minesde cuivre du Barrot (Provence) Muséede la Mine de Blanzy (Saône-et-Loire) Mine-témoind'Alès (Cévennes) Muséede la mine de Littry (Calvados) "Les ardoisièresde Rimogne" (history of slate quarries in the Ardennes) Histoirede l'aluminium et de son exploitation Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne,"équiped'histoire des mines et de la métallurgie"; and "Centrede documentation sur l'histoire des mines et de la métallurgie dansla France médiévale" In the world "Webring" on mining history Mining HistoryNetwork: with numerouslinks [American] "MiningHistory Association" Mining-History:British Webserver on mining history MiningHistory Information: other British Webserver AnacondaGeological Documents Collection, University of Wyoming, U.S.A.

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